The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Been to Tesco for the shopping. Long time since I have been there but (as said before) there are lots of things Aldi are just so poor at.
One thing I went for was a whole cooked chicken.
Nope......they don't have them ready till 1000......why ?? If people will eat them at 1000 then why not 0800 ??
They had fresh cooked sausages and also chicken strips....but no whole chicken.

 

[oldwheels]

I usually hear my first cuckoo around 14/15th of the month.

Which month? They probably take a bit longer to get here and it is usually well into May before I hear any. In Harris once I remember hearing one in July.

 

[classic33]

A quick hello then I must be off .
The 1st carer arrives approx 0730 and so far they have been on time.
Some dishes to wash.
Then
A trip to Tesco. Not done this one before.
Trying to build MrsDs weight up and she is enjoying trifles etc.......Aldi are rubbish for decent quality things like this.
I think cooked chicken with french stick sounds like a good lunch.

Take note of the traffic light system on the doors. Red and the doors won't open for you.

 

[oldwheels]

Been to Tesco for the shopping. Long time since I have been there but (as said before) there are lots of things Aldi are just so poor at.
One thing I went for was a whole cooked chicken.
Nope......they don't have them ready till 1000......why ?? If people will eat them at 1000 then why not 0800 ??
They had fresh cooked sausages and also chicken strips....but no whole chicken.

To go back briefly to wheelchairs. Remember Alf Garnett? Cannot remember the name of the programme but I remember his trials and tribulations pushing his wife around. I think I came to resemble him in some ways.

 

[classic33]

Hadn't thought of that but a visit was certainly the pre-Covid routine.

One local chippy does online orders only for click and collect. At around 8.00pm Thursday they had stopped taking orders for Friday - sold out!!!

A sold out chippy? Would you ever have thought of that?

Stop, you'll be giving Dirk nightmares!

 

[classic33]

Morning. Baltic with icy windscreens again but the sun is out so it should warm up before long. Lovely clear sky for my early walk.

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New lambing wire on the left. Dinner might be waiting just out of shot.

 

[Dirk]

To go back briefly to wheelchairs. Remember Alf Garnett? Cannot remember the name of the programme but I remember his trials and tribulations pushing his wife around. I think I came to resemble him in some ways.

Til Death Us Do Part.

 

[welsh dragon]

Til Death Us Do Part.

Good old Alf.

 

[Paulus]

To go back briefly to wheelchairs. Remember Alf Garnett? Cannot remember the name of the programme but I remember his trials and tribulations pushing his wife around. I think I came to resemble him in some ways.

In sickness and health. He played the same character as did Dandy Nichols.

 

[BoldonLad]

Never liked condoms very much. As did many others, in my youth I always carried one in my wallet although it got so old it would have been as much use as a sock. I certainly have learned much ribald knowledge on this thread. Semis, frozen plums, nonces and now this euphemism are examples.

I think most of us have learned a lot. @Mo1959 is a fund of knowledge on the subject

 

[Exlaser2]

Morning all . I have got up today feeling terrible. Hot and cold sweats, feeling sick , joint pain , stomach cramps , splitting headache and a overwhelming feeling of gloom and despondency.

The thing is I know exactly why I am feeling this way and no I don’t have the flu or COVID or any other illness, it’s far worse than that.
Last night I had a phone call from an old friend offering me the chance of part time W@RK.😂😂😂😀😀

 

[Mo1959]

Morning all . I have got up today feeling terrible. Hot and cold sweats, feeling sick , joint pain , stomach cramps , splitting headache and a overwhelming feeling of gloom and despondency.

The thing is I know exactly why I am feeling this way and no I don’t have the flu or COVID or any other illness, it’s far worse than that.
Last night I had a phone call from an old friend offering me the chance of part time W@RK.😂😂😂😀😀

Although funny to read this now....it is exactly how I felt before I packed the prison service in! Best thing I ever did.

 

[oldwheels]

In sickness and health. He played the same character as did Dandy Nichols.

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That's the one. I never actually damaged cars parked on dropped kerbs or pavements but I came pretty close sometimes. Most people were very helpful but if they were not then a swift accidental bang on the shins was very satisfying.

 

[Exlaser2]

Although funny to read this now....it is exactly how I felt before I packed the prison service in! Best thing I ever did.

I was the same for about the last couple of years I worked for Peugeot. Going to work knowing things where getting worse in every way and just getting though the day by remembering it would mean you were another day nearer 60 . Luckily or unlucky depending on your point of view , my job got relocated from Coventry to Luton when I was 57 . We felt we didnt want to move as it would mean having a mortgage again and it was to far to travel everyday , so I jumped ship . Luckily I had a reasonable redundancy package to cushion my fall lol. Best decision I have ever made 😀😀

 

[welsh dragon]

Never liked condoms very much. As did many others, in my youth I always carried one in my wallet although it got so old it would have been as much use as a sock. I certainly have learned much ribald knowledge on this thread. Semis, frozen plums, nonces and now this euphemism are examples.

We are fonts of knowledge on this thread. However, some have more knowledge than others.